14 wanted persons, suspects captured in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Fourteen wanted persons and suspected gunmen have been arrested during security raids in separate areas in Basra, a police source said on Thursday. “Police forces launched crackdown operations in separate areas in Basra, where they arrested six wanted persons and eight suspected gunmen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized a pistol and five hand grenades,” he added. Basra is 590 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 1